{"id":328,"date":"2012-03-17T17:48:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T15:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.strandscouts.org.za\/?p=328"},"modified":"2012-03-22T21:23:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T19:23:27","slug":"kloofing-in-boegoekloof-2012-02-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strandscouts.org.za\/?p=328","title":{"rendered":"Kloofing in Boegoekloof 2012-02-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our yearly kloofing hike is\u00a0always\u00a0a great hit and this year was no exception!<\/p>\n

We managed to attract 18 hikers!<\/p>\n

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The starting group<\/p><\/div>\n

We manually tried to straighten the group photo because the tree holding the camera was skew!<\/p>\n

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Manually trying to straighten the photo<\/p><\/div>\n

It did not work so well.<\/p>\n

We took the trail for the blind and rested before starting up the jeep track<\/p>\n

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First rest stop<\/p><\/div>\n

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First rest stop<\/p><\/div>\n

Then we started up the Jeep track.<\/p>\n

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Leaving the rest stop<\/p><\/div>\n

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Heading for the top<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the highest point of the jeep track<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally we get to the Boegoekloof river and start kloofing!<\/p>\n

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The first swim<\/p><\/div>\n

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The first swim<\/p><\/div>\n

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The first swim<\/p><\/div>\n

The part that is always exciting is the jump into the dark brown water. There are some tense moments especially for those doing it the first time:<\/p>\n

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Stephan doing the jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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After a long hot walk down the river there is always time for a shower!<\/p>\n

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showertime<\/p><\/div>\n

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One final big obstacle before getting to the pool where we started.<\/p>\n

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On the way back<\/p><\/div>\n

Some\u00a0beautiful Fynbos seen on the way back. Look at this King Protea – see the bugs inside the flower!<\/p>\n

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King Protea<\/p><\/div>\n

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King Protea<\/p><\/div>\n

This was a great day in the mountains and was enjoyed by everyone!<\/p>\n

Thanks for arranging it Beaver – Lets do it again next year!!!!<\/p>\n

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